Source: European Investment Bank
Samer Araabi (Accountability Counsel) presented different technologies to improve project/complaints management, including large language models, satellite mapping and AI tools.
Wee Meng Chuan (SIMC Singapore) presented an AI-powered tool for mediation that can be applied to dispute resolutions, ensuring accurate and secure information management.
Both presenters highlighted that AI should be considered as a complementary tool, and not as a solution.
Ildiko Almasi Simsic (E&S Solutions) provided a brief presentation of her AI tools for environmental and social performance.
Participants at the round tables explored strategies to extend AI’s benefits to developing regions, ensuring inclusivity rather than reinforcing biases. Cases of unequal power dynamics between stakeholders, including communities that are based on oral cultures or with limited digital access were discussed.
Participants agreed that AI can enhance accountability by streamlining complex processes, improving data review and organization and enabling more efficient monitoring. Discussions however underscored ethical concerns about training data used for AI applications, and the need to keep human oversight in preventing misinformation and misuse. Trainings on the different AI solutions are needed to upskill each user of the tools.
Andrea Repetto Vargas, Director of the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism of the IDB Group, closed the session by summarizing the main highlights of the discussions and presentations.